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mountain 山
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Picture of a mountain with three peaks. |
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山
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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mountain
yama, SAN
Image of a mountain with tree peaks
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山
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出
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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come out, go out
deru dasu, SHUTSU Two mountains 山 behind each other (traditionally to "send behind the mountains" for exile.)
Behind a mountain another mountain comes out.
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出
凵
山
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岸
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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coast, shore
kishi, GAN From top: mountain 山, a cliff 厂 and dry 干 (Image of drying stand)
Mountains and cliffs define the dry coast.
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山
厂
干
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岩
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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rock, crag
iwa, GAN Top: mountain 山, bottom: stone 石 (Below the cliff 厂 are stones 口)
In size between a mountain and a stone: a rock
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山
石
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炭
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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charcoal, coal
sumi, TAN Top: mountain 山, bottom: ashes 灰 (If sth. "cliff 厂"-like covers the fire 火, it is the ashes.) (To make charcoal, wood is piled up mountain-like and covered and lit from the inside)
This mountain of covered fire produces the charcoal.
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山
厂
火
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島
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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island
shima, TŌ Top: variation of bird 鳥 (Image of a bird with head 白, wings 一, tail feather フ and talons 灬), bottom: mountain 山
What (only) a bird can reach and where a mountain is: An island.
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鳥
山
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帯
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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belt, Obi(of a kimono), sash, area
obi, obiru, TAI From top: belt 一 with a mountain-like application 山, cover 冖, cloth 巾
A belt with applications covering the cloth is an 'obi'.
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山
冖
巾
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密
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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hidden, secret, dense, intimate
hisoka, MITSU From top: roof 宀, certainly 必 (... is the heart 心 pierced by a lance ノ), montain 山
(Protecting) roofs are certainly in the mountains for hideing.
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宀
必
山
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岳
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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peak, high mountain
take, GAKU Top: hill 丘, bottom: mountain 山
The hill on the mountain is its peak.
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丘
山
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岐
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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fork of road, branch off, diverge
KI Left: mountain 山, right: branch/twig 支 (twig 十 in a hand 又)
In the mountains like a twig: The road's fork.
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山
支
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峡
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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gorge, ravine, glen (narrow valley)
KYŌ Left: mountain 山, right: squeezed in 夹 (a man/husband 夫, squeezed from both sides 丷; traditionally 峽 with two persons 人 at the sides of a big 大 person)
The mountain is squeezing at: the gorges.
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夹
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催
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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event, organize, festivities, social gathering
moyōsu, SAI Left: person 人, right: mountain 山 and bird 隹
When a person climbs the mountain, he can (together with the birds) organize an event.
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亻
山
隹
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崎
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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cape, landhead, promontory
saki, KI Left: mountain 山, right: strange 奇 (There is a big 大 possibility 可, but it looks strange.)
(A beach might be behind?) Behind this "mountain" are big possibilities, because it is a cape.
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山
奇
大
可
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崇
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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revere, lofty, respect
agameru, SŪ Top: mountain 山, bottom: religion 宗 (The "roof" 宀 over the altar 示/礻 is the religion.)
(In Shintō:) In the mountains is the religion we revere.
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山
宗
礻
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仙
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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hermit, unworldly
SEN Left: person 人, right: mountain 山
The person on the mountain is a hermit.
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亻
山
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端
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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extremely, edge, end, border
hashi, hata, ha, TAN Left: stand 立, right: 耑 (mountain 山 & the beard 而 hangs down below the mouth 一)
(e.g. a hunter) He stand on the mountain with a beard at the edge.
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山
而
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徴
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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indication, sign, summon, symptom
shirushi, CHŌ From left: go 彳, mountain 山, king 王, strike, hit 攵
Go on the mountain to the king who will strike you: to give an indication.
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彳
山
王
攵
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峠
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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pass, crest, peak
tōge, Left: mountain 山, right: up 上, down 下
If the mountain is upwards and then downwards, you are at the pass.
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山
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微
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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tiny, minuteness, obscure, faint, dim, delicate
BI Left: go 彳, center: mountain 山, table (cf. 机,凡), right: to strike 攵
Go on the mountain to the table and smash it into tiny pieces.
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彳
山
攵
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峰
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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peak, top, summit, ridge
mine, HŌ Left: mountain 山, right: pointed, needle-shaped 夆 (When sitting cross-legged 夂 on the peak of a growing plant 丰 you feel it is pointed.)
The mountain is pointed at its peak.
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山
夆
夂
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崩
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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collapse, crumble, demolish, destroy, break
kuzureru/su, HŌ Top: mountain 山, below: friend, comrade 朋 (twice month 月/肉)
Under the mountain-like weight, the two bodies will collapse.
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山
月
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岬
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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promontory, headland, cape
misaki, saki, KŌ Left: mountain 山, right: mussel shell or turtle shell 甲 (seed with a root shoot 丨 opening the shell)
A mountain of mussel shells forms a promontory.
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山
甲
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幽
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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seclude, hermitical, dark, obscure, faint
kasuka, YŪ Outside: mountain 山 (here: two containers 凵 next to each.), inside: threads 糸
Threads in (separated) containers are secluded.
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山
幺
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嵐
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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storm, hurricane
arashi, From top: mountain 山, wind 風 (.. it pushes insects 虫 into the sail 冂 [The additional stroke is a sailing beam])
A 'mountain'-like wind is: a storm.
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山
風
虫
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岡
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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hill
oka, Outside: trawl/dragnet 罒 with drag ropes 冂, inside: mountain 山 (cf. rope 綱 or net 網)
Caught in a net, a mount shrinks to a hill.
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岡
冂
山
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崖
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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cliff, steep precipice
gake, GAI Top: mountain 山, bottom: precipice 厓 (cliff 厂 of heaps of soil 圭/土)
A mountain of piled earth like a cliff, is a cliff/precipice.
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厂
圭
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